Monday, April 23, 2012

Tired Old Queen at the Movies: Rawhide

Steve Hayes reviews the 1951 Western:

Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward battle a gang of escaped convicts in "the back of beyond" in Henry Hathaway's brilliant western suspense classic, RAWHIDE. Shot on location at the foot of the Rockies, with a supporting cast that includes Edgar Buchanan as Power's crusty companion, Hugh Marlowe as the "meanest of the mean," wild-eyed Jack Elam, George Tobias, and Dean Jagger as his henchmen, the action is fast-paced, the tension unrelieved, and the mounting suspense and final shootout not to be missed!

4 comments:

Russ, Yours is the first site where I've seen these reviews, and I must say he makes them fun. I loved Susan Hayward too, and Steve says why; she was a tough broad if ever there was one. Strangely, I later got to know a seminarian who was Hayward's private chaplain for awhile as she was dying of cancer in a hospital in Atlanta; that radiation poisoning, I suppose. He did his undergrad at Emery before seminary; she was an Episcopalian. He's a rector now in Florida.

Hayward, like many others of her co-stars, died of cancer due to radiation poisoning while shooting a film on location in .... (you got me there ...!) ... Texas?, Utah?, ... anyhow, the government was doing some test, research or try-outs involving potentially hazardous materials. It was unknown, so they claimed, that this may lead to cancer. Forgotten where exactly I heard about this, but I HAVE ... sure you can research it online if you wanna know more!

Howdy guys . . .

and welcome to the Blue Truck, a blog for mature gay men with news and views on gay rights, history, art, humor, and whatever comes to mind. Plus a few hot men. The truck's all washed and gassed up, so hop in buddy, let's go.

Cowboy up!

Head Trucker

Not much to tell. A quiet, obscure life in a small Texas town. Where steers are protected and respected. Queers aren't.
Email is bluetruckredstate at gmail.com, always glad to hear from readers.
Original text and images of this blog copyright 2008-2015 by Russ Manley. All rights reserved.

Churches say that the expression of love in a heterosexual monogamous relationship includes the physical, the touching, embracing, kissing, the genital act - the totality of our love makes each of us grow to become increasingly godlike and compassionate. If this is so for the heterosexual, what earthly reason have we to say that it is not the case with the homosexual?It is a perversion if you say to me that a person chooses to be homosexual. You must be crazy to choose a way of life that exposes you to a kind of hatred. It's like saying you choose to be black in a race-infected society.If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God.

Living up to the Promise?

"I think that it is no secret that I am a fierce advocate for equality for gay and lesbian Americans. It is something that I have been consistent on, and I intend to continue to be consistent on during my presidency."--Barack Obama, 12/18/08